Storm of the Month Webinars

Introduction

To help implement the use of WSR-88D Dual-Pol information in National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices, WDTB has started a series of Dual-Pol "Storm of the Month" webinars. These webinars are short (20 minute presentations with 10 minutes of questions and answers afterwards) and focus on a single event or topic. The purpose of these informal webinars is to provide National Weather Service forecasters access to operational Dual-Pol subject matter experts, so that we may all share lessons learned and best practices with this new operational system as it is deployed over the next couple of years.

The Future of the Storm of the Month

Significant budget cuts have resulted in the elimination of Local Warning and Forecast Program funds for WDTB's warning training. As a result, WDTB no longer has the staff to provide the Dual-Pol Storm of the Month (SOTM) webinars. SOTM has been highly successful, reaching a large audience, with forecasters sharing their stories and lessons learned with their colleagues. Indeed, in 2013, the National Weather Association (NWA) identified the Storm-of-the-Month webinars as a contributing factor in awarding NWS's Dual-Pol operator training as the operational achievement of the year in meteorology. Because of these significant performance impacts, we plan to bring this training opportunity back to NWS forecasters as resources permit.

Archived Sessions

Links to the archived Storm of the Month sessions are provided below. NWS employees will need to launch the course using the cyan "Launch Course" buttons in order to receive credit for completion. All other users can launch the session using the orange "Launch" buttons.